Views from the Streets : The Transformation of Gangs and Violence on Chicago's South Side /

Chicago has long served as a symbol of urban pathology in the public imagination. The city's staggering levels of violence and entrenched gang culture occupy a central place in the national discourse, yet remain poorly understood and are often stereotyped. Views from the Streets explains the dr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aspholm, Roberto (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Colección:Studies in Transgression
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Illinois > Chicago.
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago.
Homicide > Illinois > Chicago.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Shattering of Chicago's Black Street Gangs
  • Chapter Two. From Street Organizations to Cliques: Black Street Gangs in Chicago Today
  • Chapter Three. The Anatomy of Contemporary Gang Violence in Chicago
  • Chapter Four. Understanding the Persistence of Gangs and Violence in Chicago
  • Chapter Five. A Critical Appraisal of Violence Prevention Failures
  • Conclusion. Reducing Gang Violence from the Streets Up
  • APPENDIX: NOTES ON POSITIONALITY, THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION, AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  • A PARTIAL GLOSSARY OF CHICAGO GANG SLANG
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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